From Underdogs to Tigers

The Rise and Growth of the Software Industry in Brazil, China, India, Ireland, and Israel
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-920531-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 547 g

In 1980 the Indian software industry was practically non-existent. By the 1990s the industry was one of the largest employers in manufacturing. Similar patterns of growth can be found in other emerging economies. So given that the software industry is commonly viewed as a high-tech industry, how is it that such spectacular growth has occurred in countries where high-tech industries would not seem likely to develop?

This book examines the reasons behind this phenomenon, and asks whether it suggests a new model of economic development. The contributors explore the implications of the rise of these newcomers to the software market for the global industry, and whether there are things to be learnt about the role of human capital in economic growth, firm formation and capabilities, business and managerial models, and industry structure.

Chapters include country studies on Brazil, China, India, Ireland, and Israel, and are complemented by cross-cutting chapters on some of the key issues highlighted by the growth patterns of software in these nations, most notably the role of the multinational companies, the globalization of the skilled worker flows, and the formation of firm capabilities. The novelty of the growth patterns in the regions that studied makes this book useful for understanding analytical and empirical issues underlying new microfoundations of economic growth in some emerging regions of the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arora, Ashish

Gambardella, Alfonso

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Außenhandel
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Informationstechnik, IT-Industrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Ashish Arora and Alfonso Gambardella: Introduction

- 2: Ted Tschang and Lan Xue: The Chinese Softward Industry: The Implications of a Changing Domestic Market for Software Enterprises

- 3: Antonio J. Junqueira Botelho, Giancarlo Stefaunto, and Francisco Veloso: The Brazilian Software Industry

- 4: Suma Athreye: The Indian Software Industry

- 5: Anita Sands: The Irish Software Industry

- 6: Dan Breznits: The Israeli Software Industry

- 7: Devesh Kapur and John McHale: Sojourns and Software: Internationally Mobile Human Capital and High-Tech Industry Development in India, Ireland, and Israel

- 8: Marco Giarratana, Alessandro Pagano, and Salvatore Torrisi: The Role of the Multinational Companies

- 9: Ashish Arora, Alfonso Gambardella, and Steven Klepper: Firm Formation and Firm Capabilities in the Rise of New Industries: Software, Auto, and TV in Different Regions and at Different Times

- 10: Ashish Arora and Alfonso Gambardella: Bridging the Gap: Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Ashish Arora is Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. He is also co-director of the Software Inustry Center at Carnegie Mellon University, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and co-director of the Sustainable Computing Consortium at Carnegie Mellon University. He is co-author of Markets for Technology: Economics of Innnovation and Corporate Strategy (MIT Press, 2001) with Alfonso Gambardella and Andrea Fosfuri.

Alfonso Gamberdella is Professor of Economics and Management at the Sant' Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy. He is co-author of Markets for Technology: Economics of Innnovation and Corporate Strategy (MIT Press, 2001) with Ashish Arora and Andrea Fosfuri, and has published in leading international journals, and participated in several international research projects.